Amos Rusie vs. Harry Thompson — Career Comparison

Amos Rusie
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Harry Thompson
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Thompson built a career as a starting pitcher and Amos Rusie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Amos Rusie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.349 compared to 4.23 and 1.355 for Harry Thompson. By the career numbers, Amos Rusie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Amos Rusie and Harry Thompson

Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.44
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
1.02
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
0.59
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.41
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.57
58.57
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.22
92.22
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
393
0.94
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.07
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
3.07
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.23
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11336
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
27
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3778.2
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.1
9
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3389
8.07
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
10.41
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.18
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.65
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1707
4.07
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1950
4.64
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.79
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.968
0.968
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.398
0.398
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.36
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.27
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16313
38.85
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
36.76
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.08
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.79
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2068
4.93
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.88
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14494
34.52
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
34.64
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.76
36.76

Fielding Stats for Amos Rusie and Harry Thompson

Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
1.11
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11754
27
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3918
9
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.46
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
2.01
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.29
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
2.77
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1077
2.47
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.45
89.45
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.221
2.221
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.421
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Amos Rusie and Harry Thompson

Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
487
165.55
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
320.93
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1765
600
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1730
588.1
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
38
530.23
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.597
0.597
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.589
0.589
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
429
145.84
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
111.63
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
350
118.98
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
14.28
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.86
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2.72
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
26.86
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146.39
49.76
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.04
42.37
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
553
187.99
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
157.05
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
153.49
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.582
0.582
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
209
71.05
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
59.83
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
377
128.16
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
55.81
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
167.17
56.83
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
45.29
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
2.04
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
9.18
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
186
63.23
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
9.49
9.49
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.5
21.5
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Thompson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
2
0.68
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
8.5
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Amos Rusie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
8.5
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Amos Rusie
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Harry Thompson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100